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stow·age

(stō′ĭj)

a. The act, manner, or process of stowing.

b. The state of being stored.

a. Space or room for storage.

b. A place or container for storage.

3. Goods in storage or to be stowed.

4. A charge for storing goods.

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stowage

(ˈstəʊɪdʒ)

1. space, room, or a charge for stowing goods

2. the act or an instance of stowing or the state of being stowed

3. something that is stowed

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stow•age

(ˈstoʊ ɪdʒ)

n.

1. an act or process of stowing.

2. the state of being stowed.

3. capacity for stowing something.

4. a place for stowing something.

5. something that is stowed or to be stowed.

6. a charge for stowing something.

[1350–1400]

stowage

The method of placing cargo into a single hold or compartment of a ship to prevent damage, shifting, etc.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun	1.	stowage - the charge for stowing goods charge - the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"
	2.	stowage - a room in which things are stored storage room, storeroom chandlery - a storeroom where candles are kept lumber room - a storeroom in a house where odds and ends can be stored (especially furniture) buttery, pantry, larder - a small storeroom for storing foods or wines room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" stock room, stockroom - storeroom for storing goods and supplies used in a business strongroom - a burglarproof and fireproof room in which valuables are kept
	3.	stowage - the act of packing or storing away stowing storage - the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials

Translations

stivaggio

stowage

[ˈstəʊɪdʒ] N (= act) → estiba f, arrumaje m; (= place) → bodega f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stowage

n (= stowing) → (Be)laden nt, → Stauen nt; (= space) → Stauraum m; (= charge) → Staugeld nt, → Staugebühr f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

References in classic literature ?

"Stevens on Stowage" is a portly volume with the renown and weight (in its own world) of Coke on Littleton.

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These, in their several ways of stowage, filled the gardens; and shedding a perfume, not of the most delicious nature, in the air, filled it besides with yelps, and screams, and howling.

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So with poor Queequeg, who, as harpooneer, must not only face all the rage of the living whale, but --as we have elsewhere seen -- mount his dead back in a rolling sea; and finally descend into the gloom of the hold, and bitterly sweating all day in that subterraneous confinement, resolutely manhandle the clumsiest casks and see to their stowage. To be short, among whalemen, the harpooneers are the holders, so called.